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Arthur Wilbur Henn
Ichthyologist

Arthur Wilbur Henn

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Ichthyologist
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA
Place of death
Winter Park, Orange County, Florida, USA
Age
69 years
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Biography

Arthur Wilbur Henn, (March 8, 1890, in Evansville, Indiana – May 8, 1959, in Winter Park, Florida), was an American ichthyologist and herpetologist. Henn succeeded Carl H. Eigenmann to the position of Curator of Fishes at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He was the longest-serving Treasurer in the history of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists from 1931 to 1949. He dedicated much of his life to conversation and public education.

Selected taxa author by Henn

  • Hemigrammus barrigonae
  • Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis
  • Hyphessobrycon metae
  • Neoheterandria
  • Neoheterandria elegans
  • Phalloptychus eigenmanni
  • Phallotorynus
  • Phallotorynus fasciolatus
  • Priapichthys chocoensis
  • Priapichthys nigroventralis
  • Pseudopoecilia fria
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